Created Thu 20th Mar 5:08pm PDT by 
lucidstates
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Will Apple announce a Music Subscription Service for iTunes Customers by July 7th, 2008?
Settled as No
This question asks, will Apple announce an offer for a subscription service to customers of their iTunes Music Store by July 7th, 2008, 11:59pm PST? This question is NOT asking whether Apple will offer "unlimited music along with the purchase of a new iPod or iPhone", this question asks, if Apple will offer "unlimited music for a monthly, yearly, etc. subscription fee, to any and all iTunes customers (regardless of them owning an iPod or iPhone or not) NOT not just to customers who purchase a new iPod or iPhone." ...example, Apple could offer unlimited music for $7/month, or $69/year, or whatever, to any iTunes customer. That would be a YES to this question. If Apple doesn't offer a subscription service by July 7th, 2008, then that is a NO to this question. If by July 7th, Apple offers the "unlimited music WITH a new iPod or iPhone purchase ONLY" but does NOT offer a subscription model for the rest of current iTunes users UNLESS they get a new iPod or iPhone, then this question will be settled NO. If "all iTunes users" are allowed pay for that unlimited access, then that counts as a subscription and this question gets settled YES.
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Settled as No on Mon 7th Jul 5:58am PDT
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Suspend date: Thu 3rd Jul 10am PDT
Settlement date: Mon 7th Jul 5:58am PDT
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Yes: 50%
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Created Thu 20th Mar 5:08pm PDT by lucidstates
lucidstates
Suspended Thu 3rd Jul 10am PDT : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Mon 7th Jul 12:24am PDT by 
interviewer: Hey Admin, why is this still not release? Is there an issue with the market - I have quite some money in it... Thanks for looking into this...
interviewer: Hey Admin, why is this still not release? Is there an issue with the market - I have quite some money in it... Thanks for looking into this...
Settled as 'No' Mon 7th Jul 5:58am PDT by 
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Or at least, I'm hoping it doesn't so I can win this bet ;)
I am inclined to agree and disagree with that prediction, as I believe that you both may be absolutely correct in predicting it WON'T be before WWDC, so I concede on that, however, I do believe that at the very latest, the service ill arrive by the Macworld Expo '09.
But take my prediction with a grain of salt, I could be dead wrong even still, as my brother is like a wizard when it comes to Apple and nearly all of his predictions over the last 11 years have been dead on, while I am always wayyyy behind the curve, hahaha.
lucidstates
But I just noticed I misread this. The question is if it will exist by July 7th, not June 7th. So that messes me up a little :) If it's announced at WWDC and then rolls out 3 weeks later, than I lose big time.
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